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flick
has definitions from the fields of film,performing arts
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[ noun ] a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
Examples "he gave it a flick with his finger" or "he felt the flick of a whip" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Angelina placed the tray on the table and with a flick of dark wrist drew_off the cloth . Related terms |
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[ verb ] look through a book or other written material
Examples "He thumbed through the report" "She leafed through the volume" Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)His mind flicked through the mental_pictures he had from the hours of Aircraft_Identification . |
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[ verb ] flash intermittently
Synonyms Examples "The lights flicked on and off" Used in print (Thomas Anderson, Here Comes Pete Now....)And I had hardly finished my business in the toilet on the aforementioned occasion when the lights in_that place , like the hall lights controlled from the switch in the office , flicked off_and_on impatiently . |
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[ verb ] remove with a flick (of the hand, for example)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5004
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[ noun ] (film,performing arts) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Examples "they went to a movie every Saturday night" "the film was shot on location" |
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